World & Nation
In the seven decades since Mount Everest was first conquered, thousands of climbers have scaled the peak, and many left behind more than footprints.
July 7, 2024
California
Graham Cooper and Adrian Ballinger, California mountaineers whose training for Mt. Everest included sleeping for months in hypoxic tents that mimic conditions at extreme altitude, reached the world’s highest summit this week.
June 1, 2024
Everest guide Adrian Ballinger is breaking with decades of tradition to create what he believes are better and more ethical ways to climb the world’s tallest mountain.
April 29, 2024
All six people on board a helicopter carrying Mexican tourists have died when it crashed near Mt. Everest in Nepal.
July 11, 2023
Sports
One of the world’s greatest mountain guides has regained his title for the most climbs of Mt. Everest after scaling the peak for the 27th time.
May 17, 2023
Movies
Filmmaker Patrick Imbert’s animated feature “The Summit of the Gods” explores the allure of the majestic and dangerous Mt. Everest.
Nov. 23, 2021
Hundreds of climbers and their guides are making the final push to the Mt Everest summit with only a few more days left in the season.
May 29, 2021
The American climber, 55, died at Everest’s highest camp after having to turn back. Bad weather had forced climbers to lower altitudes.
May 13, 2021
A climbing guide said Saturday that a coronavirus outbreak on Mt. Everest has infected at least 100 climbers and support staff.
May 22, 2021
Business owners in Nepal’s Solukhumbu region, which draws mountaineers from all over, are buried in debt, with almost no income and no relief in sight.
May 9, 2021